Directors: Paul Bernard, David Maloney
Actors: Katy Manning, Jon Pertwee, Roger Delgado, Bernard Horsfall, Tim Preece
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Format: Anamorphic, Box set, PAL
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 4
Running Time: 286 Minutes
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Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.3

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Theatrical Release Date: 1973
Release Date: October 5, 2009
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What the future used to look like October 10, 2009
Martin Bizarro (Totnes)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

This 4-disc set of two consecutive stories from 1973 is great. Frontier in Space, the first story (2 hrs 23 mins), is a complex tale of interplanetary intrigue and diplomacy, in which the Master is engineering a war between to powerful empires, Earth and the proud, honourable Draconians, who face each other distrustully across the eponymous boundary. If this sounds like Star Trek, it is - it was written a month after the first UK broadcast of the similarly-themed "Balance of Terror". You wouldn't get away with that nowadays! This story is probably best remembered for its aliens du jour, the Draconians, who are both well-written and well-realised, with even close-ups bearing close scrutiny. It's a high point of science fiction alien makeup. Another high point is Roger Delgado, in his final appearance as the Master. Here he is almost jovial as he schemes to destroy Earth's empire, apparently solely to humiliate the Doctor. It's a playful interpretation of the role we get from Delgado here, and he has a great rapport with both the principals. Sadly, after five and a half excellent episodes, the ending is a real botch job. It's hard to work out what's actually happening. The various extras explain what went wrong, and what should have happened. That aside, Frontier in Space was always one of my favourites, and this release confirms its place in my Who top ten. br / br /Planet of the Daleks (2 hrs 20 mins) is a different kettle of fish, despite segueing directly from the previous story. Written by Dalek creator Terry Nation, it's basically a rehash of two of his previous stories - "The Daleks" (1963-4) and "The Daleks' Master Plan" (1965-6). Longtime Who fans may experience deja vu while watching. However, there's still much worth seeing. Where Frontier in Space explores the broad sweep of interplanetary diplomacy, Planet of the Daleks emphasises the personal struggles of survival in a hostile environment and the search for courage and leadership, as a small group of people attempt to prevent the Daleks from learning the secret of invisibility. It's slightly let down by some cheap-looking production values, but the story mostly gets away with it due to the conviction of the cast (Jon Pertwee and Bernard Horsfall especially, and even Prentis Hancock is much better here than his lacklustre performance in Planet of Evil). While nowhere near as good as either Frontier in Space, or Nation's later Genesis of the Daleks, Planet of the Daleks is still a thoroughly entertaining adventure. br / br /Extras (3 hours) br /Frontier in Space: br / br /Commentary with Katy Manning, producer Barry Letts and script editor Terrance Dicks, moderated by Clayton Hickman. A Thoroughly entertaining and informative soundtrack. ***** br / br /Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontier (30 mins) - This is an attempt to show how Frontier in Space drew on current affairs for inspiration. While there is much interesting material to illustrate the point, it's bizarrely framed in a pointless, distracting Matrix-themed science-fiction story where a future computer and student discuss the information. I'm going to sound like a Grumpy Old Man here, but do we really need a documentary to be jazzed up with a back-of-envelope framing story and look-what-i-can-do effects? No more please. ** br / br /The Space War (18 mins) - cast and crew recollect the making of the serial. Quite interesting. **** br / br /Roger Delgado: The Master (33 mins) - a biography of actor Roger Delgado. An excellent tribute to one of the show's best regular actors, with many clips from his appearances in everything from Quatermass to a documentary. There are also many fond reminiscences from his colleagues, and a moving description by his widow Kismet in which she describes hearing the news of his death in a car accident. A worthy tribute to a fine actor. ***** br / br /Stripped for Action: The Third Doctor (16 mins) - The third Doctor's adventures in comics appear to have been an artistic high point, and this is well worth watching for the beautiful illustrations. ***** br / br /Photo Gallery **** br /Production subtitles - all the production trivia, alternate scripts, trivia and asides you'll ever need. **** br / br /There's meant to be an easter egg, but I'm blowed if I can find it. br / br /Planet of the Daleks: br / br /Commentary wth actors Katy Manning, Prentis Hancock and Tim Preece, producer Barry Letts and script editor Terrance Dicks. A good-natured and lively commentary track. **** br / br /Perfect Scenario: The End of Dreams (30mins) - the second part of this effort loses its way, as Planet of the Daleks had less current-events context to make this feasible. This idea hasn't worked and I hope all involved are sent to bed without supper. * br / br /The Rumble in the Jungle (17 mins) - cast and crew look back at the making of the story. Quite good but nothing amazing. *** br / br /Multi-colourisation (11 mins) - How episode 3 had its colour restored. The highlight for me was that some of the software for this highly technical and complex process was written in BBC BASIC! Fascinating exploration of the restoration, which incidentally is now indistinguishable from the other episodes, it's a first-class job. **** br / br /Stripped for Action: The Daleks (14 mins) - a reasonable exploration of the Daleks' appearances in comics, concentrating on the early seventies. *** br / br /Blue Peter (13 mins) - two items from the childrens' magazine programme, featuring an appeal for any information on the theft of two Daleks from the BBC, and their subsequent return. OK but a bit too long, especially as some of this was on the Genesis of the Daleks DVD. *** br / br /Photo gallery **** br /Production subtitles **** br / br /TL;DR - Frontier in Space is a classic of TV sci-fi, Planet of the Daleks is good entertainment, the extras are variable but plentiful. Buy it.

5 out of 5 stars

DVD review: Lived up to my expectation! October 3, 2009
Luke73 (LONDON)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful

Frontier In Space Planet Of The Daleks has always been my all-time favourite Dr Who stories than any other Classic/New Series adventure. For me, Planet Of The Daleks is better than any other Dalek Story ever made including the New Series of Dr Who. But that's just me. I just love everything about it. The two stories are completely different only inter-link in between, which is why both stories stand alone brilliantly on their own merits. br / br /Planet of The Daleks is a solid Dalek story adventure that has elements of the early Dalek stories from the 60s and does not have Davros in it. The Dalek props used in them have such a metallic authenticity, that gleams. The Dalek Supreme truly excels on screen. There are so many memorable scenes, one of them is on location film where the Daleks are pushed into the pool of ice. The exotic jungle, has an alien planet feel to it, where the subdue lighting by director David Maloney is really effective, even more so in the Dalek Head Quarters and corridors and is now evident in the colour episode three. br / br /I won't go into the storyline but focus on the DVD. br / br /Firstly the dvd cover sleeve for each story is reversible. But why have the same picture? An alternative cover like `K9 Company' dvd sleeve would have been great or an internal photo collage for each story. br / br /Frontier In Space Disc 2: br /Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontier: is a documentary dealing with social issues of 1972/73 around the World and some of it's reflection on `Frontier In Space'. The concept of a futuristic dreamers into discovering the similar social issues in this story is bizarre and padding, though very interesting. br / br /The Space War: is the making of the story, with some great insights from Michael Hawkins (played General Williams). br / br /Roger Delgado Biography: is well documented and strongly absorbing. br / br /The Easter Egg: the experimental Dr Who theme for the opening/end credits to episode 5 at the time, that did not take off. br / br /The photo gallery is really great. I remember pictures of Frontier in Space that featured in Dr Who Weekly, then Monthly and now called Magazine, well they are all featured in this gallery. br / br /Planet of the Daleks Episode 3 was truly a visual experience. It looks fantastic in COLOUR! Though the texture is different to the other episodes just like in `The Sea Devils' and `Claws of Axos' DVDs. It must be said the colour match to the other five episodes are the same. Well done to the Dr Who Restoration Team! br / br /The Easter egg is an original alternative commentary from 2007 for episode 3 before the colourisation restoration was considered. br / br /I found the `Perfect Scenario: End of Dreams fared better than `Frontier In Space', this one focuses again on the social issues around the world in 1972 like the Vietnam War and how `Planet of the Daleks was conceived by Terry Nation. Though by now the two white coloured suited dreamers in the chairs and repeated scenes are a bit padding. But the contents and particularly the interviews are great. `Rumble in the Jungle' is a great look at the making of `Planet of the Daleks' with interviewed footage of the Director David Maloney. br / br /The photo gallery is just simply brilliant! It has some stunning pictures of the Daleks on location as well as deep in the Dalek Headquarters. There's a wide selection of behind the scenes, particularly the Daleks on the Tardis set. br / br /These are THE best Dr Who DVDs I have seen. The extras are a real treat. The Dalek War Box set has lived up to my expectation. br / br /

5 out of 5 stars

A Lost Colour Episode Recolourised August 24, 2009
Scott Fraser (Sheffield, England)
26 out of 30 found this review helpful

Other reviewers have given details about the stories and the extras so I shall avoid those and talk about the real selling point of this set. br / br /Now as a Doctor Who fan this is the one that I've been waiting for and I suspect that the majority of other fans have also. The reason: an episode has been recoloured. br / br /Back in the early 70's the BBC offered Doctor Who for sale abroad to countries that at that time were still on a B/W system and so couldn't play colour videotape, all copies that were sent to such places were telerecorded onto B/W film for their transmission in these countries. As time went by the BBC junked the colour master prints and as a result several Jon Pertwee episodes only existed in these B/W telerecordings, however the original colour signal was still embedded within the B/W prints, these signals called Chroma Dots are been unreadable until very recently, a new technolgy has been developed that allows these dots to be scanned and the colour retrieved. The usual restoration then takes place to bring the quality upto scratch and the end result is a colour copy of an episode thought to be lost forever in that format. br / br /The procedure was used to great effect and acclaim on a similar missing colour vintage Dad's Army episode, Room at the Bottom, in late 2008 and the result was so good that the BBC transmittered the episode soon after. br / br /There are still a handful of Pertwee episodes that need this colour restoration and, hopefully, this will allow them all to be given the treatment before too long. br / br / br / br /

5 out of 5 stars

Fabulous! September 26, 2009
Mr. C. J. Iredale (hezza bezza)
15 out of 17 found this review helpful

What's not to like here? Ok, very much a period piece, but if you are a fan of Doctor Who the first time round, these are classic stories, linked together to make a 12 part epic. Pertwee at his best, Katy Manning being his most accomplished companion, Roger Delgado in the original incarnation of The Master, Daleks, ejaculating plants, huge wobbly orange monster, it's all here folks! A most welcomed release after the plethora of very poor Doctor Who dvds from the 80s (what is the collective noun for rubbish Doctor Who dvds?), this is a real treat. As one episode of the second tale, Planet of the Daleks was only kept in a black and white format (cheers, myopic Auntie Beeb!), this has been re-coloured and this bodes well for the re-colousiastion of other stories the BBC lost in their original colour form. Well done to all concerned, this is a beaut and I can't wait to see it again!

5 out of 5 stars

Two great jon pertwee stories October 3, 2009
Mr. R. P. Slater (surrey,uk)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

It has been nearly two years since we last saw a dvd to feature jon pertwee as the doctor,and they seem too far and between. I wasan`t even alive when jon played the part, but withoutdout he is my all time favourite.These two stories are great especialy now that part 3 of planet of the daleks is in full colour. A must buy 10/10.

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